June 29, 2013
” Bottle Tree ” by : Charles Linder 14 feet tall, wood, metal. 2012, San Francisco. One of the ideas behind the piece comes from the dispensable nature of trees – and champagne – both being commodity consumables. When a fir is cut down and is lying on the forest floor, this dispensable sculpture could be said to be hidden inside of every coniferous tree. A reflection of the…
June 18, 2013
Taliban Hands, 2012 JOSEPH DELAPPE Corrugated Plastic, Polygon Sculpture The hands of a Taliban fighter, as depicted in the controversial Medal of Honor, 2010 (Electronic Arts) first person shooter game were appropriated and reproduced as low-res polygon sculptures. Enemies in computer games based on contemporary conflicts tend towards stereotypical depictions of the terroristic other. It interests me that at any given time fully 50% of gamers engaged in online games…
Ducks in a row (A short history of art since Chris Burden had himself shot) To many the expression ducks in a row simply means to be well organized. To some, though, the image instantly conjures up a row of ducks to be shot. What does it mean to see a crime, and to keep silence? This group show, featuring artists from Dogpatch and beyond, reviews art history since Chris Burden’s Shoot (1974)…
April 27, 2013
We returned to the extraordinary installation by Samuel Yates at Di Rosa which was first installed in 1999 to see its transformation over time. It has become part of the landscape standing tall and adjacent to a Mark di Suvero sculpture in the meadow of a outdoor art collection spanning a vast area. April 26, 2013
April 16, 2013
“Art itself possesses no type of social impact. It is its contextualisation which gives it its power.” Lucy Lippard realUNreal is an exhibition of nine curators asked to draw a line between the real and unreal politics of the gallery; to negotiate the space between art and image, image and text, text and idea, idea and art. It is an exhibition without artwork. It asks these curators, including writers,…
